This has more to do with bad lending practices than anything else.  

How long were they tenants and how often did you do inspections.It is not practical to rely on tenants reporting issues and falls on the landlord to be aware of and regularly inspecting a property for issues.

practice makes perfect

If you do not want to receive unsolicited emails it may not be a bad idea to remove your email address from your profile as a practical matter.

If you find a deal (whether through direct mail, seo, networking, cold calling, door knocking, etc.) and the # prove that it is a sound investment, you should not have a problem finding investors.

Do you think getting 75% lender financing (20 year term) and 15% seller financing (say 20 year amortization with 5 year balloon) is a reasonable/practical expectation?

I'm asking because I have not been able to establish a successful practice of inspecting tenant occupied units. 

Disclosure is not necessary...this is usually a pretty long and difficult road to qualify to sit for the broker exam...but guessing you will need to practice for a couple years before you can become a broker (this is state specific, though)Good luck!

Systems, Automation & Scaling: Also, I have watched / heard the LO gurus talking about 'automating' and 'outsourcing' practically everything... from buying leads and using foreign and domestic VAs that generate and / or 'pre-qualify' people, to even doing their follow- ups and booking appointments for the deal maker... to 'systematizing' practically everything else, under the sun.

He's buying notes for pennies on the dollar, however, and his options will vary by the margin he buys them at.A 'class type map' of Milwaukee doesn't exactly exist, and I think they were outlawed altogether when fair housing laws were passed ;) You could, however, look up an old HUD or FHA redlining map and the damage that those housing practices accomplished is still reflected today in many areas of the city.